Assassination | Unknown gunmen assassinate ex-soldier defected from regime’s army in rural Daraa  

Daraa governorate – The Syrian Observatory for Human Right

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented today the killing of a young man, who is defected from regime forces, in assassination attempt by unknown gunmen on the road between the towns of Jbab-Um Walad in rural Daraa. 

This brings the number of attacks and assassination attempts in various forms and methods by detonating IEDs, mines, booby-trapped vehicles and shootings from past June to date, to more than 438 attacks.

While the number of those who killed and died in the same period has risen to 283 persons, 62 of whom are civilians, including six women and four children, in addition to 154 regime soldiers, loyalists and collaborators with regime security services.

45 members of opposition factions were also killed, those who made “settlements and reconciliations” with the regime and became members of regime security services, including former leaders, and 17 members of Syrian militias affiliated to Lebanese “Hezbollah” and Iranian forces, in addition to six members of so-called “Fifth Corps” established by Russia.